גָּעַר gaar

Hebrew word for “to rebuke” · Strong’s H1605 · used 14 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

(Qal) to rebuke, reprove, corrupt

How it is translated

Glosses given for gaar in context, with how often each is used:

• rebuked 2
• rebuke 2
• will rebuke 2
• rebuking 2
• may he rebuke 2
• must rebuke 1
• have rebuked 1
• have you rebuked 1
• about to rebuke 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 37 (1), Ruth 2 (1), Psalms 9 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Psalms 106 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Isaiah 17 (1), Isaiah 54 (1), Jeremiah 29 (1), Nahum 1 (1)

Forms

• ויגער 3
• גערת 3
• גער 2
• תגערו 1
• וגער 1
• ומגער 1
• גוער 1
• יגער 1
• וגערתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with gaar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָרֵב charev “to destroy” 2
• כֶם khem “you” 3
• יָם yam “sea” 2
• מַי mayim “water” 2
• ךָּ ka “you” 2
• מָה mah “what?” 2
• זֶה zeh “this” 2

Key verses

The verses using gaar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Ruth 2:16 — And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
• Psalms 9:5 — Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
• Psalms 68:30 — Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou…
• Psalms 106:9 — He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
• Psalms 119:21 — Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
• Isaiah 17:13 — The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the…
• Isaiah 54:9 — For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be…
• Jeremiah 29:27 — Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?
• Nahum 1:4 — He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
• Zechariah 3:2 — And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?
• Malachi 2:3 — Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
• Malachi 3:11 — And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.